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1860-'C1.] Document No. 25. 9
and pumps to unwater them. A single mine of copper in
(ruilford, which has furnished ahout 1^500 tons of ore this
last year, pays to the Central Road, from Jamestown to Ra-leigh
$3.10 per ton, and this single mine is prepared to
double its freight bill in 1861. This fact is stated in order
to show the bearing wliicli cop})er mines will ultimately have
on the freight business of the Central Road.
Iron ores are excellent in Haywoo<l, Macon and Cherokee.
They belong to the magnetic and ln«matitic kinds. This
country has the best of advantages for making charcoal iron.
Next in importance arc the limestones and marble of Hay-wood,
Jackson, Macon and Cherokee counties. The exami-nation
of beds of limestone in the valley of the Nantahala
and Valley river holds out the prospect that snow-white and
liesh-colored statuary marbles will be obtained. As these
are exposed only upon the surface,, we have to wait for the
opening of beds. Yet line specimens are obtained, and all
the indications of these valuable variations exist. Another
interesting product is a kind of soapsfone. which bids fair to
become an article of merchandize. The Deep river soapstone
of this kind sells for $60 a ton in New York, according to re-ports.
(Good manganese in Cherokee, which is in demand,
yellow ochre, porcelain clay, silex of the finest quality for
glass and pottery, may be referred to in this connection.
3. It is hardly necessary for me to refer to the water power
of the West. It is truly the region for manufactures ; pos-sessing
a climate of the finest kind, it forms another import-ant
item, too little regarded, to insure the highest prosperity
to all classes of citizens, whether they are engaged in manu-factures
or in the different branches of husbandry.
I have omitted to mention those products wliich are only
locally valuable. It is believed that all the foregoing possess
a general interest, and may be explored so as to add to the
wealth of the State and sustain the public improvements.
K. EMMONS,
Raleigh, Dec. 8, 1860. State Geologist.

1860-'C1.] Document No. 25. 9
and pumps to unwater them. A single mine of copper in
(ruilford, which has furnished ahout 1^500 tons of ore this
last year, pays to the Central Road, from Jamestown to Ra-leigh
$3.10 per ton, and this single mine is prepared to
double its freight bill in 1861. This fact is stated in order
to show the bearing wliicli cop})er mines will ultimately have
on the freight business of the Central Road.
Iron ores are excellent in Haywoo